To Live and Die in L.A. 1985 Watch Free in HD

When his longtime partner on the force is killed, reckless U.S. Secret Service agent Richard Chance vows to stop at nothing to bring down the counterfeiter who murdered his partner.

Genre:

Action, Crime, Drama

Actors:

William Petersen, Willem Dafoe, John Pankow, Debra Feuer, John Turturro, Darlanne Fluegel, Dean Stockwell, Steve James, Robert Downey Sr., Michael Greene, Christopher Allport, ...»

Director:

William Friedkin

Country:

United States

Release:

1985

IMDb:

7.3

Quality:

Duration:

116 min

New York Times

On its own terms, it's a considerable success, though it's a film that sacrifices everything in the interests of style.

May 20, 2003

Reel Film Reviews

To Live and Die in L.A. is undeniably very well made - from the performances to the more technical aspects - but the bottom line is, it's just not all that compelling.

January 13, 2004

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Antagony & Ecstasy

A profoundly ambivalent motion picture... completely upends every convention of its hidebound genre without even seeming to notice that it has done so.

February 22, 2011

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Time Out

Friedkin plays it as brutal and cynical as he ever did with The French Connection...

June 24, 2006

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Fantastica Daily

William Friedkin returned to form with this tough, stylish and gutsy crime thriller enhanced by one of the great soundtracks of the 1980s.

October 08, 2005

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

The action thrives on overkill.

March 25, 2011

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Combustible Celluloid

Friedkin's 1985 film To Live and Die in L.A. may be one of his very best, though it did not reach the level of acclaim and support of his earlier films.

September 15, 2007

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Chicago Sun-Times

The film isn't just about cops and robbers, but about two systems of doing business, and how one of the systems finds a way to change itself in order to defeat the other.

January 01, 2000

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7M Pictures

The film is cheesy as hell but it is a ton of fun for someone who remembered how this passed as uber-edgy back in the day.

July 31, 2012

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Creative Loafing

There's not much substance here, but the film ... showcases a grabber of a car chase that compares favorably with the classic one from Friedkin's The French Connection.

December 10, 2003

Seanax.com

[William] Friedkin creates a jittery atmosphere of adrenaline and corruption and danger...

February 17, 2010

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Variety

Engrossing and diverting enough on a moment-to-moment basis but is overtooled.

October 29, 2008

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